Yuyu | |
Also Known As: | Yirau, Upper Riverland |
Region: | South Australia |
Ethnicity: | Ngawait, Erawirung, Ngintait, Ngarkat |
Extinct: | ? |
Familycolor: | Australian |
Fam1: | Pama–Nyungan |
Fam2: | Lower Murray |
Iso3: | yxu |
Aiatsis: | S19 |
Aiatsisname: | Yuyu |
Aiatsis2: | S18 |
Aiatsisname2: | Ngintait |
Dia1: | Ngintait (Inteck) |
Dia2: | Ngarkat (Ngarrket) |
Dia3: | Yirawirung (Erawirung) |
Dia4: | Ngawait |
Glotto: | uppe1415 |
Glottorefname: | Upper Riverland |
Yuyu (Yirau) is an extinct language or dialect cluster of southern South Australia. Walsh treats Yuyu as a language with Ngawait, Erawirung, Ngintait, and Ngarkat as dialects; Berndt and Berndt (1993) list those as dialects related to Yuyu.[1]